Monthly Archives: January 2006

State of the Union Address

Posted by on 1/31/2006 10 comments

Text of Bush’s State of the Union speech What did you think??? Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, members of the Supreme Court and diplomatic corps, distinguished guests and fellow citizens: Today our nation lost a beloved, graceful, …

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Smack of the Week

Posted by on 1/31/2006 3 comments

Cindy Sheehan Plans To Be In Audience At Bush Address Cindy Sheehan said she will be part of the live audience during the president’s State of the Union speech to congress Tuesday. Bay Area Congresswoman Lynn Woosley gave anti-war activist …

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Alito Sworn In

Posted by on 1/31/2006 12 comments

Alito sworn in at US high court Samuel Alito was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday after a divided Senate confirmed the second conservative selected by President George W. Bush in his effort to move the …

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Alito Today

Posted by on 1/31/2006 4 comments

Senate to Vote On Alito Today Republican senators, aided by 19 Democrats, cleared the path yesterday for Samuel A. Alito Jr. to join the Supreme Court and for President Bush to put his stamp firmly on the nine-member bench. The …

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Reminder…

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Who: President Bush What: 2006 State of the Union Address When: Tuesday, January 31 Time: 9 PM EST Where: At a tv near you

Coretta Scott King

Posted by on 1/31/2006 56 comments

Dies at 78 Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband’s assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died, former mayor Andrew Young told NBC Tuesday morning. She was 78. …

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Iran to Face UN

Posted by on 1/31/2006 5 comments

Iran: Referral Means End of Diplomacy Iran struck back Tuesday at the Big Five’s decision to refer the country’s nuclear file to the Security Council, saying the move has no legal justification and would be the end of diplomacy. At …

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The Jury Is In

Posted by on 1/30/2006 7 comments

Workers Are Sentenced in Vote Fraud Case A former Democratic election worker in this impoverished city was sentenced Monday to a year and a half in federal prison for scheming to buy votes in the November 2004 election. A City …

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Clinton Hypocrisy?

Posted by on 1/30/2006 6 comments

I know, hard to believe right? I read this article by Peter Schweizer, of Front Page Magazine. Schweizer explores the business relationships that both Clintons have formed since leaving the White House. Both claim to be staunch supporters of the …

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Must See TV

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Who: President Bush What: 2006 State of the Union Address When: Tuesday, January 31 Time: 9 PM EST Where: At a tv near you

Showdown

Posted by on 1/30/2006 1 comment

Before Nuclear Regulators’ Meeting, Iran Allows Inspectors Access to One Site After more than a year and a half of resistance, Iran has given inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency access to a razed military site, but it has …

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Why the Hamas Victory is a Good Thing

Posted by on 1/27/2006 1 comment

Could It Be Good? Perhaps the best indication of the extent to which the world has been Orwellized is the toady news coverage of the Palestinian “election”, including in the Israeli media, itself largely the occupied territory of the far-left. …

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Hamas Election Victory Shocks World

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Hamas Wins Islamic militant Hamas’ landslide victory in Palestinian elections unnerved the world Thursday, darkening prospects for Mideast peace and ending four decades of rule by the corruption-riddled Fatah Party. The parliamentary victory stunned even Hamas leaders, who mounted a …

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Afraid of Helen? Not

Posted by on 1/27/2006 7 comments

GW Snugs Helen Thomas (Again) President Bush again avoided taking a question from White House doyenne Helen Thomas during his 45-minute press conference, even though he took questions from every reporter around her front-row, center seat. “He’s a coward,” Thomas …

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Syria and Iraq’s WMD’s

Posted by on 1/26/2006 6 comments

The New York Sun has this article quoting Georges Sada, Iraq’s number 2 man in Saddam’s Air Force. He is claiming that the WMD’s were moved to Syria prior to the invasion in 2003. Sister Toldja is also reporting on …

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